Homeroom (2021)

Directed by

Peter Nicks

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows seniors at Oakland High School in the class of 2020. It shows their struggles with budget cuts, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the protests after George Floyd's murder.

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What happens

Homeroom is a 2021 American documentary film directed and produced by Peter Nicks. The film, which is the final chapter of Nicks' Oakland trilogy (following The Waiting Room and The Force), follows the lives of the Oakland High School class of 2020 as they try to make the most of their final year in high school amidst district budget cuts and ultimately the COVID-19 pandemic and the George Floyd protests. Ryan Coogler and Davis Guggenheim, the latter of whom made a similar film, Waiting for "Superman", were executive producers on this film. The film was premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 29, 2021, where it was the inaugural winner of the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award - U.S. Documentary. It was released on Hulu on August 12, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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